When I opened the fridge this morning to find some breakfast, Owen saw a Very Exciting Thing and started bouncing up and down, pointing, and squealing with delight. The object of his glee ( Read more... )

When Andrew and Audrey play with the Matchbox car racer track set, Audrey will let them race for a little while, then she has the cars stop because they are "friends" and she says that they want to have a conversation and a tea party ( Read more... )

Better late than never ( Read more... )

I just realized that the house we're buying up here in Minnesota [oh, yeah, we moved] is owned by one of my high school teachers.

Monday arrives with a bang this week -- I was awaken two hours ago by a scorpion crawling on my neck. He got my hand when I tried to flick him off while I was still sleeping, then got my leg multiple times, and then my foot ( Read more... )

What on Earth are we going to do when R. Lee Ermey dies? Who is going to take all the R. Lee Ermey roles? [Sometimes I think maybe Clancy Brown ... ?]

Owen Patrick Wheeler was born at home this morning at 1.48am. 8lb, 15oz. He's a big boy!

The labor was a little crazy, but it turned out fine in the end. He's strong and healthy and sleeping good and hard at the moment. I'll have to post a birth story later after I get more rest. And I'll have to post photos, too, when they get them up.

We are fiddling with Flickr and other various photo stuff, and this gem is our latest upload.

I never get tagged, so I'm going to go for it, what the hell. [Audrey still hasn't woken up, so I'm slumming this morning ( Read more... )

Nothing like opening up a jar of peanut butter and finding counting bears
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